These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino ...

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Mercury joins the night sky to complete a seven-planet alignment just after sunset for the end of February. Saturn leaves our view starting in March. Look up!

Though the planets are always “aligned,” seeing more than four in the sky is more uncommon. February’s lineup is a chance to ...

Samples of asteroid Bennu contain molecules that suggest the "conditions necessary for life" were widespread across the early ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

People living in some of Britain's most picturesque villages have been divided by plans for a one of the biggest solar parks in the ... "It will completely swamp nine local villages," Ms Clark ...

It has a larger and more diverse collection of salt minerals, too. Similar brines have been spotted elsewhere in the Solar System, including on the dwarf planet Ceres and on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, ...